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Operating Microscope

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Category Surgical Visualization Typical Use Provide high magnification, stereoscopic visualization for microsurgery and ENT procedures. Description A binocular optical system with adjustable magnification, illumination, and positioning used in neurosurgery, ophthalmology, ENT, and microsurgery to enable precise dissection, suturing, and anastomosis of minute structures while maintaining ergonomic posture for the surgeon. Integration with video capture, fluorescence … Read more

Bone Holding Forceps

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Category Orthopedic Instrumentation Typical Use Grasp and manipulate bone fragments during reduction and fixation. Description Heavy duty forceps with toothed jaws designed to securely hold bone segments while plates or nails are applied, facilitating accurate reduction and stable fixation; they minimize slippage and allow controlled manipulation in open fracture repair.

Suprapubic Catheter

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Category Urology Typical Use Long term bladder drainage via abdominal wall. Description A catheter inserted through the lower abdominal wall directly into the bladder to provide long term urinary drainage when urethral catheterization is contraindicated or poorly tolerated, offering improved comfort and reduced urethral trauma for some patients. Suprapubic catheter placement is performed under sterile … Read more

Phacoemulsification System

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Category Ophthalmology Surgical Typical Use Fragment and aspirate cataractous lens material during cataract surgery. Description A high frequency ultrasonic handpiece and fluidics system that emulsifies the opacified lens nucleus and aspirates fragments while maintaining anterior chamber stability through irrigation and aspiration, enabling small incision cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation. Phacoemulsification requires precise fluidics control, … Read more

Anesthesia Machine

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Category Anesthesia Perioperative Care Typical Use Deliver inhalational anesthetics, oxygen, and ventilatory support during surgery. Description A complex workstation that provides controlled delivery of gases, vaporizers for volatile anesthetics, ventilator modes, scavenging systems, and monitoring interfaces to support safe general anesthesia and airway management. Anesthesia machines require preuse checkout, leak testing, and integration with monitoring … Read more

Epidural Analgesia Kit

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Category Anesthesia Analgesia Typical Use Place epidural catheter for labor or postoperative analgesia. Description A sterile kit containing needles, catheters, filters, and fixation devices for epidural catheter placement, with components selected to facilitate aseptic technique, securement, and safe infusion of analgesic agents.

Defibrillator (Automated External Defibrillator Monitor Defib)

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Category Emergency Resuscitation Typical Use Deliver therapeutic shocks for life threatening arrhythmias. Description A device that delivers controlled electrical energy to the heart to terminate life threatening arrhythmias such as ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia, restoring organized cardiac rhythm when successful. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) analyze the cardiac rhythm and advise shock delivery for … Read more

Laparoscopic Scissors

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Category Minimally Invasive Surgery Typical Use Cut tissue and sutures during laparoscopic procedures. Description Long shafted scissors introduced through trocars to perform sharp dissection and suture cutting within the peritoneal cavity, available in straight or curved tips and with varying blade profiles to match procedural needs.

Flexible Suction Catheter

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Category Airway Aspiration Typical Use Suction tracheal secretions through endotracheal tube. Description A soft, flexible catheter used to suction secretions from the trachea through an endotracheal tube or tracheostomy, allowing clearance of lower airway secretions while minimizing mucosal trauma and maintaining ventilation. Suctioning is performed with sterile technique, appropriate negative pressure settings, and brief, intermittent … Read more

Microdebrider

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Category ENT Surgical Typical Use Resect soft tissue and polyps with simultaneous suction during endoscopic sinus and laryngeal surgery. Description A powered rotary cutting device with an integrated suction channel that shaves and aspirates soft tissue such as nasal polyps or laryngeal lesions under endoscopic visualization, allowing precise tissue removal with reduced bleeding and improved … Read more